Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 13/38
Title
Text of article, 'The military coup d'etat', by Lieutenant General Sir Gerald Ellison, 1927, with covering letter from Ellison, 1932
Date(s)
- 1932 Oct 7 (Creation)
- 1927 Nov (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
5pp
Scope and content
Typescript of article, 'The military coup d'état' by Lt Gen Sir Gerald Francis Ellison, arguing against recent reorganisation at the War Office which had transferred control of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps from the department of Quarter Master General to the Master General of the Ordnance, Nov 1927. 16pp. With letter from Ellison, attributing the organisation of General Staff duties to FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, when he was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 7 Oct 1932. 5pp